Hudson
The Story of a River
فرمت کتاب
ebook
تاریخ انتشار
2004
Reading Level
6
ATOS
7.2
Interest Level
K-3(LG)
نویسنده
Robert C. Baronناشر
Fulcrum Publishingشابک
9781938486043
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- نقد و بررسی
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نقد و بررسی
June 1, 2004
Gr 2-5-In the first title, luminescent paintings reminiscent of the Hudson River School illustrate this majestic river. Hoping that youngsters will grow up to become proactive in the unending battle to preserve what is beautiful and natural, Baron and Locker have combined a text that is too subtle with illustrations that are too static. Using language that is often too simplistic for the complicated ideas presented, the author guides readers through the natural history of the Hudson and its surrounding areas. From the era of Native American inhabitation through the effects of uncontrolled industry and pollution, Baron describes life along this important waterway. "We are all part of nature and nature is part of us" is the theme that runs throughout the earnest but spotty text. In Rachel Carson, Locker's lush and serene paintings illustrate a very cursory biography of a complex woman. A page of meaningful quotations by Carson is appended; many of them may not be understood by the intended audience. Although unfailingly lovely, these titles are marginal purchases.-Eva Elisabeth VonAncken, Trinity-Pawling School, Pawling, NY
Copyright 2004 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
May 15, 2004
Gr. 2-5. Illustrator Locker's radiant landscape paintings have been part of many books that show and tell a conservationist story--among them " John Muir" (2003). This time the focus is on Locker's own home area, and author Baron's history of the famous Hudson River is an inspiring way to blend the American story with an environmental message. Opposite each of Locker's unframed pictures, Baron reveals a piece of geological history. Beginning with the river's birth, "when ocean tides cut a channel and met freshwater torrents from melting glaciers," he follows its evolution as Native American peoples moved up the Hudson Valley 10,000 years ago, European settlers drove indigenous people away and exploited the river's resources, and industry and agriculture threatened to turn the river into "an open sewer"--until conservationists such as Rachel Carson sounded the alarm. The text is sometimes flat, but the simple refrain "The mountain and the river saw it all" is a haunting comment on the history.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2004, American Library Association.)
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